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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Mercury 2 vs MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed

Mercury 2 comes out ahead, 53 to 41 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Our pick

    Inception

    Mercury 2

    Released Feb 24, 2026

    53/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.25 / $0.75
    • Context128K
    Full specs Remove Mercury 2

  2. MiniMax

    MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed

    Released Mar 18, 2026

    41/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.60 / $2.40
    • Context205K
    Full specs Remove MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed

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01 — Verdict

Mercury 2 is our pick

Mercury 2 is the better all-round choice, scoring 53/100 against MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed (41). It leads on price and inputs & features. MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed wins on context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceMercury 2Mercury 2 $0.375 · MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed $1.05 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextMiniMax-M2.7-highspeedMiniMax-M2.7-highspeed 204,800 · Mercury 2 128,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsSame inputsMercury 2: Text · MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed: Text
  • Self-hostingMiniMax-M2.7-highspeedPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightMercury 2MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed
Price50%7049
Inputs & features30%4535
Context window20%2432
Overall100%53/10041/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Mercury 2 vs MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed specifications side by side
SpecificationMercury 2InceptionMiniMax-M2.7-highspeedMiniMax
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)——
ECI rank——
Price per million tokens
Input$0.25 (best)$0.60
Output$0.75 (best)$2.40
Cached input$0.025 (best)$0.06
Blended (3:1)$0.375 (best)$1.05
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Inception APIOfficial MiniMax (minimax.io) API
Limits
Context window128,000 tokens204,800 tokens (best)
Max output50,000 tokens131,072 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoNo
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningYeslow · medium · highYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputYesNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpen
API model IDmercury-2MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed
API providers114 (best)
ReleasedFeb 24, 2026Mar 18, 2026
Knowledge cutoffJan 1, 2025—
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Mercury 2$4.00
  • MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed$10.80
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Mercury 2 or MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed?

Mercury 2 is the better all-round choice, scoring 53/100 against MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed (41). It leads on price and inputs & features. MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed wins on context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, Mercury 2 or MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed?

Mercury 2 is cheaper at $0.25 input / $0.75 output per million tokens (official Inception API price). MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed costs $0.60 input / $2.40 output per million tokens (official MiniMax (minimax.io) API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.375 per million tokens for Mercury 2 versus $1.05 for MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed (2.8× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Mercury 2 has not been scored yet and MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Mercury 2 and MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed has the largest context window at 204,800 tokens, against 128,000 for Mercury 2. Maximum output per response: Mercury 2 up to 50,000, MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed up to 131,072 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Mercury 2 accepts text; MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed accepts text. They handle the same number of input types.

Are any of these open source?

MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Mercury 2 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed is the newest, released Mar 18, 2026. Mercury 2 came out Feb 24, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Mercury 2 Jan 1, 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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